Orepukia

Orepukia
Orepukia poppelwelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Orepukia
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
O. sorenseni Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

24, see text

Orepukia is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, known only from New Zealand. First described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973,[2] it was originally placed in Agelenidae, but was transferred to Cycloctenidae in 2017.[3] Their webs are built on the ground between fallen branches, logs, and other debris, and they are commonly found on the South Island, but hardly ever anywhere else.[2] They range in size from 6 to 7.5 millimetres (0.24 to 0.30 in) and lack a cribellum. Their eight eyes are in two rows, the anterior row straight and the other slightly curved. Their jaws are vertical and the labium is notched near the base.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains twenty-four species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Orepukia Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. ^ a b c Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.
  3. ^ Wheeler; et al. (2017). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling" (PDF). Cladistics. 33 (6)): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759. S2CID 35535038.